Call for Papers

The Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies is issuing a call for papers to be presented at the 10th Annual Conference on TRIZ Studies. The date and venue for the Conference is still under discussion. The theme for our Conference this year will be: TRIZ for Tomorrow's Innovations, with an emphasis on green applications of TRIZ.

The emphasis on papers for this event should be REAL case studies with measured results and how TRIZ was used to develop the solution. We are strongly interested in providing content for corporate and educational users. Attendees are looking for concrete case studies -- where TRIZ has been applied to provide REAL solution concepts. Papers on TRIZ in Education and other traditional topics are suitable for the Conference.

New opportunities for the application of innovative problem solving are constantly being posed by contradictions in all aspects of technology. Equally important is a growing awareness that we need to tap the unrecognized resource within systems as we improve design. As more practitioners, companies, and industries incorporate TRIZ into their design methodologies, the methodology itself will become more expansive and more refined. The Annual Conference on TRIZ Studies is an excellent forum to facilitate this growth and refinement. Presentations of either insight or case studies from technical and non-technical fields are welcome. Completed projects and applications, as well as those in progress, are candidates for presentation. Presentations that interest attendees include:

• New applications of TRIZ
• Advanced applications of TRIZ
• New developments in the TRIZ tool bag
• Approaches and techniques that can be used by teachers in the classroom
• TRIZ applications that can be taught to children and the elderly

Submission Requirements:

Interested parties are invited to submit an abstract (150 to 200 words) of their proposed paper with Title, along with a brief, current biography of the author/s, and a picture of the author (head shot).

To submit an abstract via the web, you must create either a free or paid online membership and then click on the "Submit for TRIZCON" link under TRIZCON2009 in the left main menu.

Completing requirements of the Conference on time is critical for all presenters, conference planners and attendees, so the following deadlines are mandatory for your participation:

Abstract Submission deadline:

November 14, 2008

Acceptance notification w/ paper guidelines:

If your Abstract is posted to the AI website, you are accepted.

All registration forms, Copyright releases and fees ($250):

January 15, 2009

Final papers & electronic files due:

February 1, 2009 – Late submissions may not make the Agenda.